Bullitt County group seeks loan to build college campus

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Nov. 4, 2013

Becky Brothers teaches English 101 at the Jefferson Community and Technical College Bullitt County campus. The campus has seen tremendous growth in recent years and is now faced with overcrowding. Sept. 3, 2013

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Patrick T. Sullivan
| The Courier-Journal

Bullitt County hopes to take out a loan to build its first true college campus and pay for it by leasing the property to Jefferson Community & Technical College.

Officials are working to form the "Bullitt County Education Development Corporation" to apply for a construction loan, said John Snider, executive director of the Bullitt County Economic Development Authority.

Snider said the economic development authority was originally looking at ways to raise money for the college, but decided to form a corporation that solely focuses on starting the institution. ...